Gondola project
Sir,—You can be sure that whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, such as the gondola project, that if the red tape and petty regulations do not kill it, the great Kiwi clobbering machine will. The directors behind the gondola project have recognised that Christchurch needs a sophisticated attraction to keep tourists here longer than the average two days they spend at present. Yet the members of the clobbering machine deem half an acre of tussock more important than the jobs and tourist dollars that the gondola and restaurant will create. Unfortunately the Victorian entertainment laws limit the project to a restaurant. Tourism cannot survive on lamb chops and pavlova alone. Tourists really would be satisfied, if they could, after their gondola ride, have a meal, take in a first-class cabaret act, and then gamble away their yen, pounds, or greenbacks.—Yours, etc.,
HUGO STEINCAMP. February 14, 1986.
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